Melvin and Howard
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Melvin and Howard
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The work Melvin and Howard represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bowdoin College Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.
- Label
- Melvin and Howard
- Statement of responsibility
- Universal ; a Linson/Phillips/Demme production ; produced by Art Linson and Don Phillips ; directed by Jonathan Demme
- Contributor
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- Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc
- Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc
- Universal Pictures Corporation
- Universal Pictures Corporation
- Demme, Jonathan, 1944-2017
- Demme, Jonathan, 1944-2017
- Goldman, Bo, 1932-
- Goldman, Bo, 1932-
- Kehoe, Jack, 1934-2020
- Kehoe, Jack, 1934-2020
- Langhorne, Bruce
- Langhorne, Bruce
- Le Mat, Paul
- Le Mat, Paul
- Linson, Art
- Linson, Art
- Phillips, Don, (Film producer)
- Phillips, Don, (Film producer)
- Pollard, Michael J
- Pollard, Michael J
- Reed, Pamela
- Reed, Pamela
- Robards, Jason
- Robards, Jason
- Steenburgen, Mary
- Steenburgen, Mary
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Based on a true story, hard-luck milkman Melvin Dummar picks up a bum in the Nevada desert. The old man claims to be Howard Hughes and eight years later, Dummar finds himself a beneficiary in the Hughes will. Dummar becomes an instant celebrity while trying to cash in on the fortune
- Awards note
- Academy Award winner, 1980: best supporting actress, Mary Steenburgen and best original screenplay, Bo Goldman
- Cataloging source
- JFN
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Writer, Bo Goldman ; cinematographer, Tak Fujimoto ; editor, Craig McKay ; music, Bruce Langhorne
- PerformerNote
- Paul Le Mat, Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen, Jack Kehoe, Michael J. Pollard, Pamela Reed
- Runtime
- 95
- Technique
- live action
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